Israel deploys batteries of missile defence system in the north Syrian officials warned that "missiles are ready" to retaliate after Israel's air strikes that hit three military sites near Damascus on Sunday, the second such reported attack in a 48-hour period targeting the transfer of arms to Lebanon-based Hezbollah. Israel boosted security measures, deploying two batteries of the Iron Dome missile defence system to the north and closing airspace there, the military said. Stockshots of Israel's Iron Dome air defence system in the south of Israel